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Atreides88 · 06-17-2009, 08:46 PM

Oh great sages of TFP, I come to you with a dilemma. My current Dell D820 is aging and can't handle most recent games and most of the CAD programs I need to use for school. I've currently got a 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM, shitty video card system and would like to upgrade to a system around 2.5ish GHz dual core, 3 GB RAM, with a reasonable video card laptop. My budget is about $1000 US and I'm eyeing either getting a new Dell or getting an HP, specifically these two models:
HP Pavilion dv6
Dell Studio 15

My question, what is your advice as I esteem the collective wisdom of this board highly? Are Lenovos, ACERs, Sonys, etc. any good? I'd like to be able to do moderate gaming (i.e. NOT Crysus at warp speed) and if it can handle most of the middle of the road games it should be able to handle most engineering programs. Thank you.

06-17-2009, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Atreides88 Insane Location: The South.	Let's Talk Laptops Oh great sages of TFP, I come to you with a dilemma. My current Dell D820 is aging and can't handle most recent games and most of the CAD programs I need to use for school. I've currently got a 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM, shitty video card system and would like to upgrade to a system around 2.5ish GHz dual core, 3 GB RAM, with a reasonable video card laptop. My budget is about $1000 US and I'm eyeing either getting a new Dell or getting an HP, specifically these two models: HP Pavilion dv6 Dell Studio 15 My question, what is your advice as I esteem the collective wisdom of this board highly? Are Lenovos, ACERs, Sonys, etc. any good? I'd like to be able to do moderate gaming (i.e. NOT Crysus at warp speed) and if it can handle most of the middle of the road games it should be able to handle most engineering programs. Thank you. __________________ "There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another: but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school." -- Thucydides Last edited by Atreides88; 06-17-2009 at 08:48 PM..